Despite her hardships, Talia has found happiness in make-up and
in creating YouTube make-up tutorials. The description on
her videos says, "I don't like wearing wigs so I wear makeup to
feel good and pretty inside — and I guess outside."

Talia's makeup tutorial videos each get around 75,000 clicks and
her YouTube page has been viewed over 14.5
million times over.

In September, Talia caught the attention of Ellen DeGeneres and the daytime talk show
host featured the 13-year-old on her September 13th episode — and
as usual, had a big surprise for her guest.

DeGeneres revealed that Talia had been chosen as an honorary
CoverGirl and that the beauty company had sent her a make-up
table, make-up, and a check for $20,000.

Talia's CoverGirl campaign image was released today.

Watch Talia's appearance on Ellen below:

Watch Talia break the news of her leukemia diagnosis to her fans.
She says, "I'm a very strong person when it comes to dealing with
what I'm being told, and taking it in very easily. But, basically
there are not really a lot of options for treatment anymore." She
tells her fans she is considering not getting the bone marrow
transplant because her doctors told her it would be the hardest
thing she has had to do thus far.